Vadym Y., a 53-year-old resident of Brandenburg, was detained for allegedly passing military secrets to the Russian intelligence service starting in July 2025. He targeted contacts within the European arms industry to obtain data on the production of tanks, ammunition, and explosives, as well as details on industry personnel. The suspect also monitored sites critical to NATO’s eastern flank, including the German Armed Forces’ Lithuania Brigade, according to media reports.
The suspect is reportedly from the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, which has been under Russian occupation since 2014, and was living in Eisenhüttenstadt at the time of his arrest. Following an investigation by the BKA and Germany’s domestic intelligence service, Vadym Y. will appear before an investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe to determine if he remains in custody.
